Rail tie and fastener.



J. C. BURGESS.

RAH. TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2. I915.

1,159,742. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

INVENTOR:

WITNESSES.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAI'H CO.,WASHINGTON. n. c.

JAMES c. BURGESS, or INDIANAPOLiS, INDIANA.

RAIL TIE: AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented NOV, 9, 1915.

Application filed August 2, 1915. Serial No. 43,299.:

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES C. Bononss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the countyof Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Rail Tie and Fastener, of which the following is a specificatiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon. V

This invention relatesrto the type of railway rail-tie that is designed to support railway rails and prevent lateral movement of the rails, the invention having reference more particularly to a cast metal rail-tie havingrail fasteners thereon.

An obj ect'of the invention is to provide an improved metallic railway rail-tie of such construction as to be adapted to be used instead of the wooden tie commonly made use of; a further object being to provide a metallic rail-tie and fasteners that shall beinex pensive, strong and reliable and which may be composed of cast steel or malleable iron so as to be least liable to fracture under operating strains. 7

A further object is to provide an improved rail-tie and fasteners of such construction as to be able to secure the rails inaccurately gaged position, even in case the rail fasteners accidentally become loosened.

Astill further object is to provide a railtie and fasteners of such construction as to be enabled to brace the outer side ofthe rail inexpensively and reliably, andpermit the rails to be spliced by means of the plain,

splice bars and thus eliminate the expense, incidental to the use of the heavier angle bars for splicing the rails together.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in a supporting rail-tie of novel construction and including the novel rail fasteners arranged in a novel manner in connection with the tie proper; the invention consisting further in the parts, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the accompanying claims. 7

Referring to the drawings. -Figure l is a perspective view of the complete tie and fasteners as preferably constructed; Fig. 2'is a transverse section on the plane of the line A A on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the improvedtie, partially bro-ken away. and track rails thereongj, Fig. 4

thickness and height throughout.

is a fragmentary perspective view of the improved tie omitting the rail, fasteners; Fig. 5 ,1s an end elevation of the tieto which two abutting rails spliced together are 'con- *rn' nected; .Ulg. b is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners inverted; and Fig.7? is.

a perspectivev view of the companion oneofa pair of rail fasteners inverted. f Y

On the different figures of the drawings, similar reference characters indicate corresponding elements or features of construcmembers or side Walls 2 and 3 fixed on the two longer edges respectively of the base plate, the walls preferably being uniform in The upper, portions of the walls have suitable gaps therein to receive the rails and adjacent thereto two platforms 4: and 5 extend horizontally from one to the other of the walls 'at'a-suitable distance above the base plate 1,

one platform being fixed near one endand the other near the opposite endof the walls and a suitable distance below, the. plane of the top ofthe walls. The platform 4 has two low Walls hand 7 on opposite ends respectively thereof, the platform 5 having similar walls 8 and 9 thereon, each fixed to the side walls 2 and 3 and extending up to the plane of the top thereof; The wall 6 with the upper portions 10 and 11 of the side members 2 and 3 form one inclosure on one side of one gap, the wall 7 ofthe upper porv tions 1 2 and 13 of the side wall forming another inclosure on the opposite side'of the gap in the side walls. The wall S'with the upper portions 14 and 15 and the sidewalls form another inclosure on one side of the remaining gap, the wall 9 with the upper portions 16 andl? of the side walls of the tie forming another inclosure on the opposite side of the gap.

,The platforms 4t and 5 have relatively jlow middle portions 18 and 19 constituting rail-seats of proper width to correspond to the width of the rail base, so that relatively higher seats 20 and 21 for rail-fasteners'are formed on opposite sides of the rail-seat 18 I and form the bottoms of the inclosures, simi- "lar'seats 22 and23 being formed on the opposite sides of therail seat. 19, leaving shoulders or abutments 2i and 25 between. whi h, t r s tiee ism n. ere k ee 18, and shoulders or abutments 26 and 27' between which to position the other rail of the track on the rail' seat 19. @neofthe rail fastener seats has a bolt hole 28 therein, the companion one of the fastener seats having a bolt-hole 29 therein.

Each rail-tie includes also two pairs of raiLfasteners, the two fastenersof each pair a differing slightly, one being adapted for the outer side of the rail, the other for theinner side. The outer fasteners comprise base plates 30 and i80*-respectively provided with bolt-holes 3l-and 31 in which bolts 32 and 32 are placed respectively, the bolts extendthrough the holes in the adjacent plat form, the plates being of suitable dimen sions and are placed upon the seats 20 and and retained by the inclosure walls. The plates have slightly rounded outerend portions and 33 that rest adjacent to the walls 6 and 8 respectively and afford solid bearing portions when the opposite inner end portions are slightly raised from the seats, the IHDGIBDdportions having beveled under sides B l and 34 respectively-"to conform to theicontour of thetop of the rail base flange. The top of the inner-end por- -tion of the plate 30 has two upwardly extending-flangesorribs '35 and 36 thereon,

the corresponding plate 30 having-similar "flanges or ribs 35 and SGthereon to constitute rail braces of suitable length,-being slightly shorter as is also the base plate of the fasteners when used in connection with a splice bar than when'used directly against the walls 7 and, 9 respectively on the seats- 21 and 22 respectively. The plates have beveled lower end portions ll and 41. re-

- spectively that conform to the. tops of the inner railfianges. The platesthat are used Where there are I10.I'&1l oints preferably are longer than those used where therail joints web of the rail. It will be understood that the rails which the tie is more particularly designed tosupport are of'the T-rail type comprising each a .base42, a web i3, and a head or top portion 44, orcorresponding of the rails in the usual inannerby meansof In practical use the ties'arespacedapart on their road-bed according to the usual practice andthe railsare placed on the'rail seats l8 and19 respeenreiy andwitliout requiring to be gaged, the proper position of the rails-"being"determined by the shoulders onthe opposite sides of the rail seats which is eifectedby proper designing of the patterns from which to mold the ties. After the rails are placed in position the fasteners are-placed inthe inclosures provided for them and securely bolted therein and upon the flanges of the rails. The relative designsaresuch that the flanges or ribs forniingthe rail braces shall bear againstthe side of the enter oneaofthe splice bars without interfering with thesplice bolts. It-will be understood that. the ballast'of the road-bed 1112f be taniped under the ties and-some placed on the base plate 1 of the ties. The railsbeing practically embedded in the ties, as will be seen, cannot become displaced even thoughvthe fastener bolts become loose, the

bolts obviously being tightened occasionally, asnvill be understood.

Having thus described the invention, what i isclaiinedas new is- 1 1. A rail-tie comprising two :side walls,

and two platforms :fixed'to the side walls below theplane of the top of the walls, each platform having :two fastener seats on opseats each fastener-seat having an inclosure allthereon that'is open toward the railseat for retaining arail-fastener in position.

2. A rail-tie comprisingtwo side walls, two platforms fixed to theside walls-below the plane of the top of the Wal'lsand having each a rail-seat on the middle portion thereposite end portions thereof respectively-and also a rail-seat between the fastener-seats that is lower than the plane of'the fastenerof and also-"a fastener-seat oneach end por tion of tlie platformthat is higher than'the rail-seat, each side wall having-a gapin the .upper portion thereof extending across the rail-seat, one end of each platform having a wall thereon thatis connected to the side walls and therewith forms an inclosure about the fastener-seat that'is open toward 1 two-platforms spaced-apart and fixed to the walls, each platform having a rail-seat 'thereonand also two fastener-seats on :Op- 1 are located on thetie, so as toextend to the the remaining rail-fasteners comprising" each a baseplate having a beveled under end portion extending partially over the railseat, the top .of the beveled end portionhav ing two ribs thereon. 1

4. In a rail-tie and fastener, the combination of a supporting tie comprising a base plate and two side walls on the plate, each wall having a gap in its upper portion near each end of the wall, two platforms fixed to the two side walls near the two opposite ends respectively of the walls and below the plane of the top of the walls, each platform having a rail-seat on its middle portion and two relatively higher fastener-seats on opposite sides respectively of the rail seat, the rail-seat extending through the gaps that are in the adjacent portions of the side walls, said fastener-seats being below the plane of the top of the side walls and having each a bolt-hole therein, the top of each fastenerseat having an upright low wall thereon at a distance from the rail-seat beyond said bolt-hole and connected to the upper portions of the adjacent side walls to form an inclosure upon the fastener-seat, and a plurality of fastener plates arranged upon the fastenerseats respectively and extending partially over the adjacent rail-seats, each plate being retained laterally by the inclosure and having a bolt-hole therein, the outermost ones of the plates having each a plurality of upward extending ribs thereon that are above the rail-scat,'and a plurality of securing bolts in the bolt-holes of the respective plates and the adjacent fastenerseat portions of said platforms.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. BURGESS. Witnesses:

E. T. SiLviUs, M. E. SPARROW.

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